Trade and Manufacturing Monitor

News and insight from our international trade practice group

CIT Overturns CBP: Pets are not “Items or Personal Effects”

The United States Court of International Trade recently overturned a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) denial of a protest, in which Quaker Pet Group, LLC contested CBP’s classification of its pet carriers. The…

Federal Circuit Denies Lower Duty Rate for Chinese Aluminum Extrusion Importer

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) denied an appeal by Capella Sales & Services Ltd., an importer of aluminum extrusions from China, in which the company…